Bush admits revelations from God!! !!

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All the talk of revenge was from what i read and heard on western media. Im also inclined to believe at least a little of the accounts of what has went on in the ground as they are from people that are actually living and dying under whats happening there.

I know people and indeed some family of mine have fought against the British in Ireland and my dad worked in Rwanda and the Congo alongside western armies and the UN so i know well the lies that the British and American media will spew out in the way of propaganda to the sheep that will believe just about anything their governments tell them.

Although there is usually nobody baised in warfare i tend to believe first-hand accounts rather than that of the governments propaganda machines that suit their own agendas usually , funnily enough. Years later the truth comes out a lot of the time.

I agree, no halos. Im no fan of Islamic fundamentalism and realise there are very real dangers to it but i feel that there should be open debate and admittance of mistakes from all instead of, good and evil, noble human explorer and savage stuff that seems to smack of the olden days of the European empires and a blase attitude towards other countries and their lives.

The only way the US and their allies can have the moral highground is by being moral, not by claiming it. I really dont think the comments from Bush are that of a diplomatic leader. " either with us or against us" is an oversimplification of complicated problems and that attitude is forcing prviously friendly countries a little away from them and making already extreme regimes more extreme.

Here all i see are cuts in this, cuts in that and cant afford to help the poor here and extremely poor in other countries but the government always seem to be able to pull out billions for every war they want to get involved in and spend billions on nuclear weapons at the drop of a hat and plenty of other non-important stuff like grants to rich people and their loss-making theatres and white elephants like the millenium dome.

I must admit it i am a little cynical of the policies of the British and American administrations. I would rather do my own flawed research than beleive a word of what they say. The situation in Northern Ireland was probably what first led me to take what 'the big power' says with a pinch of salt and of the dangers of believing everything that they say.

Im rather sure the war was unlawful and certainly some actions where under international law but as Bush has said the US would go to war whether the UN deemed it lawful or not that makes this argument invalid. Personally if everyone i knew was wiped out by an act of uncalled for agression by an army then i would take up arms against them whether some suit deemed it lawful or not.

I really dont know as much about the middle east as id like to but i have studied the troubles in Ireland and other wars by 'superpowers' and there is a similar theme of them deeming their unjustified murders and invasions 'lawful' and 'just' and the weaker, poorly armed opposing side 'terrorists' and 'savages' when they bite back and savages. It's convenient to assume that our side is always right and we are civil compared to others. In saying this i am for nuclear power not being allowed in Iran but think we should compensate them fairly for it.

Though it seems that the US is reluctant to engage with other, more powerful regimes that have acquired nuclear capabilities like India, Pakistan and North Korea. It kind of looks like the US is the playground bully who quietens down a bit when it comes to the dictatorships that either have little strategic importance or is powerful enough to likely fight back with effective resistance. Of course everyone knew that Iraq would lose the war easily as even though their army is a lot weaker than the allies they are not well organized or good war strategists but i wonder if the coalition where prepared for the aftermath? The war being fought to the insurgents strengths instead of the coalition armies strengths.

EDIT This is in regards to the points made 2 posts above.

We must remember war and politics are one in the same. It doesn't matter who is right or who is wrong. It is a matter of prospective. That prospective is always up for interpretation by us all, whether right or wrong that is the way it is.

As a person with a degree in political science, I'd like to applaud the person who wrote, or implied that Dr. Kissenger is unbiased. Probably the first time I have ever heard that.

Kissenger is as conservative as they come, and NewsWeek is a corporate rag.
If you want to quote someone who does not have a bias, then I suggest you go out and find one first.

Bush lied to Congress about the reasons for entering the war.
Did News Week say that. Look at how hard they rode Clinton for lying to Congress, and how hard they are riding George W.

George W. will go into the history books sure,
but as one of America's worst presidents, not as one of the best.

In a post 9/11 America he appointed someone who knew absolutely nothing about disaster relief, or distribution in time of a disaster to the head of FEMA
He has appointed his personal lawyer, who has absolutely zero background in constitutional law, as his choice for the Supreme Court while saying, "She is the most qualified candidate I can find." Georgie's first Educational Secretary's chief accomplishment was lying about the high school drop out rate in Texas high schools. A charge that he was indicted for. His daughters continue to demonstrate the highest of fundamentalist Christian values by driving their automobiles under the influence of alcohol.

For me, I'm still waiting for Georgie to utter a sentence of five words or longer during a press conference without slurring his words.

Yes, Georgie is a nutter, and so is anyone who continues to not see it.